Curva Sud announce they will not cheer during Milan-Bari due to ‘authoritarian regime’

Curva Sud have announced that they won’t be cheering during AC Milan’s first competitive game of the 2025-26 season, while the rest of the games are uncertain as well. 

Milan are scheduled to face Bari in the Coppa Italia tomorrow evening, with kick-off set for 21:15 CEST at San Siro. It will be the first competitive game of the 2025-26 season and many tickets have been sold; it could even be a sell-out.

However, while many fans will be present in the stands, the atmosphere might not be as electric as expected. On their Instagram account, the Milan ultras Curva Sud have announced that they won’t be cheering as usual.

Curva Sud’s announcement

The announcement has made Curva Sud’s stance very clear and it’s a worrying message ahead of the Serie A opener. If a compromise isn’t reached between the parties, then the atmosphere could be poor for the entire season. Below is the announcement…

“Many people have written to us in recent weeks asking if the Curva Sud of recent years – passionate, colourful, with its historic banners, spectacular choreography, and relentless cheering – would be back where it belongs. Well, today, after a long, deafening silence from the club, we can give you the first answers:

• no feedback on the new banners
• almost all old banners banned
• blacklist with a ban on season tickets for the 2nd blue, but with the possibility of buying tickets for each game

“Tickets can be bought for other sections of the stadium, as well the 2nd blue section. Yes, you read that right, for public order reasons they ban us from season tickets for the 2nd blue, but if we manage to get one of the few tickets available for the 2nd blue match by match, the public order problem magically disappears: madness!!!

“This blacklist includes not only vocalists, choreographers, drummers, and various group leaders, but also their children, wives, and many other young people with no criminal record, simply for expressing their legitimate opinions and protesting against the club at Casa Milan during peaceful, properly authorised demonstrations.

“With great regret, today, under the authoritarian regime imposed at San Siro, there isn’t even the slightest condition that allows us to cheer as we’ve been accustomed to for decades and as happens in every stadium across Italy.

“It’s a shame for the coach and the team, sacrificial victims of this decision by the club, the product of blind, unjustified, and illogical repression. Happy theatre to everyone”